Kelela
Take Me Apart 2LP (transparent vinyl)

With great anticipation, Kelela's debut album emerges as an epic portrait of an artist spanning the past and future of R&B. In her hands, however, the genre knows no boundaries and so Take Me Apart exists as an absolutely singular and fearless addition to a canon of recent classics. From her very earliest work, honesty and vulnerability have been cornerstones of Kelela's art - even when clad in the armor of the avant-garde electronics she so deftly inhabits - and T ake Me Apart sees her double down on both the emotional intensity and resonance of her message as well as the sonic seeking she is renowned for.

Take Me Apart stands not only as an intensely personal chronicle, but also a defiant and turbulent statement direct from Kelela; "Despite it being a personal record, the politics of my identity informs how it sounds and how I choose to articulate my vulnerability and strength. I am a black woman, a second-generation Ethiopian-American, who grew up in the 'burbs listening to R&B, Jazz and Björk.

NEW / Released in 2017

Tracklist:

A1 Frontline

A2 Waitin

A3 Take Me Apart

B1 Enough

B2 Jupiter

B3 Better

B4 LMK

C1 Truth Or Dare

C2 S.O.S.

C3 Blue Light

D1 Onanon

D2 Turn To Dust

D3 Bluff

D4 Altadena